Today, Explained

Today, Explained is Vox's daily news explainer podcast. Hosts Sean Rameswaram and Noel King will guide you through the most important stories of the day. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.

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The Israeli-Israeli conflict

Episode Date: March 28, 2023

Far-right judicial reforms have inspired what might be the largest protests in the history of Israel. If adopted, the reforms could spell the end of d...

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A tents standoff at the VA

Episode Date: March 22, 2023

When the Veterans Administration failed to build the homes it promised, unhoused vets built a tent city across the street — in one of the wealthiest n...

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The US is obsessed with China

Episode Date: March 21, 2023

There’s rare bipartisan consensus in Washington: China is a threat to be countered. Cornell professor Jessica Chen Weiss says the American approach co...

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7,300 days

Episode Date: March 20, 2023

The war in Iraq has been declared over by nearly every president since the one who started it 20 years ago today. But it’s still not done. At SXSW in...

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The “Lean In” era is over

Episode Date: March 16, 2023

Execs like YouTube’s Susan Wojcicki and Meta’s Sheryl Sandberg paved the way for women in tech. Now they’re leaving the industry — and being replaced...

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The kids defying family court

Episode Date: March 14, 2023

Two siblings in Utah are defying a court order to reunite with their father, who they allege abused them. ProPublica’s Hannah Dreyfus explains a contr...

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Silicon Valley Bank goes bust

Episode Date: March 13, 2023

SVB’s collapse is the biggest bank failure since 2008. Insider’s Ben Bergman explains why the bank collapsed, why the Biden administration intervened,...

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The war on drag

Episode Date: March 10, 2023

Melissa Brown, a state politics reporter for The Tennessean, spills the tea on Tennessee’s new drag restrictions. And drag performer Bella DuBalle pro...

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Congress is daddy

Episode Date: March 9, 2023

DC is baby. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and h...

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Auditing Ukraine

Episode Date: March 8, 2023

Congress wants more oversight of how the billions in US aid to Ukraine are being used. But our own military can’t even seem to pass an audit. This epi...

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How to save a murderer

Episode Date: March 7, 2023

Should past trauma prevent a convicted killer from being executed? The Marshall Project’s Maurice Chammah reports on “mitigation specialists” who try...

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The rockstar maestro

Episode Date: March 3, 2023

Gustavo Dudamel brought classical music to the masses in Los Angeles. Now he’s announced that he’s taking his talents to New York, which could revive...

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Why newspapers fired Dilbert

Episode Date: March 2, 2023

Newspapers across the country pulled the long-running comic “Dilbert” after its creator uploaded a racist tirade about Rasmussen poll results. Journal...